What are some good names for the male protagonist in a work of fiction?

What are some good names for the male protagonist in a work of fiction? Bob, Jim, John, Jack - no offense to the Bobs, Jims, Johns and Jacks of the world, but all boring. How about something different?

In defense of John and Jack, there is a very good reason they are commonly used names. Jack is a diminuative form of John, and John is the name given to an unidentified person (i.e. John Doe). The more simple the name, the easier it is for the reader to connect initially. The people who get the cool or wierd names are usually those who are seen as being big, important, or exotic. Authority figures that play prominent roles or villians get big, fancy names unless they are being portrayed as a faceless/everyday person.

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The way i view it is this: names portray character the second you look at it. Also, there is something linguistic about names that give the mind a certain vibe about it. Take this name: Brona (From The Shannara Series). If you sound the name "Bro" has a low tone and "na" holds that deep tone. Adding to this, different names also have different cultural reasoning. For example, "Keith" means wood or lumber.